Method and means for affixing advertising seals to newspapers and other printed matter



March 8, 193% w. scHOLER p fi METHOD AND MEANS FOR AFFIXING ADVERTISINGSEALS TO NEWSPAPERS AND OTHER PRINTED MATTER Filed Jan. 4, 1937 INVENTORATTORNEY Patented Mar. 8, 1938 METHOD AND MEANS FOR AFFIXING AD- ERTiS'S LS- NEWSPAPERS AND HER P HNTEP' Wilhelm Schiiler, Brunn,Czechoslovakia irritates Janua 4, 1937 Serial No. 115,912

'1' Claims. (o z t- 21 rality of mutually spaced endless beltstravelling parallel with each other. Onto this conveyor M R p 1 33 992??! -W 7 ma az e folders and otherv printed matter and more particularly to the sealing of such articles formailing purposes, or thelike. The principal object 5 of the present invention is to devise s ars and means for rapidl applying seal to each newspaper, magaz i e,folder, and the like in an economic mann r, hile the'article is being onveyed from the folding mechanism to a place of d l y A further object ofthis invention is to apply a seal which can be used at the same time foradvertising purposes. Anotherobject'of my invention is to produce a sealwhich securely holds the pages of the print ed matter together" so thattheywontbe'come torn or'otherwise mutilated. With all these and otherobjects in view, my invention consists in a practical method and meansfor accomplishing the variousobjects sirn ply and convenientlyandwithoutiany'wastof the material used for'the seal/ For a fullerunderstan'din'g'of my vinyejnti on, I refer to the annexed drawing; in'which Thave diagrammatically illustrated the, new'method'arid the 'meansfor carrying itinto effect." In this drawing, Fig. 1 shows a part of,the folding mechanism for delivering the folded newspapers, magazines,folders or the like to the hldlessfcdn veyor. Fig. 2 is a side-view oforieof th n ejss belts constituting the conveyor, of the rolls carry ingthe webs or ta eswhi'ch form t see s d the moistening or glue-applyingdevices therefor; Fig. 3 is a detailyiew of the spring' 'eontrolledrolls for sealing the tapes'in place; Fi'gg ifa view of two sets ofrplls used respectively for indenting the sealing tapes andifor severingthem at given intervals; Fig. 5 shows a seal as applied to the corner ofa folded newspaper.

In the appended drawing, the method and means shown thereinare supposed.to'be used for applying a seal to a folded newspaper.

At I in Fig. 1 is indicated a deli ery roll such as used in connection.with the folding mecha nism of a rotary press, which roll is equippedwith forks shown at 2. These forks, a s.will' be seen, are disposedalong a slant so that the ioided newspaper, shown at 3, W l be held inthe pc in wn in Fi .1." i hi h r s io i ofle 91- 50 the corners of thefolded paper. projectsout Wardly, as shown at 4. At..5 in 'Eiglis showna stop to prevent the newspaper from dropping out of the delivery roll.From this delivery' floll, the newspapers reach the conveyor indicatedat 5 6 in Figs. 2, 3 and 4, and composed of apluthe folded newspapersare delivered by the delivery r011 I in overlapping successivearrangement, with their corners 4 projecting from one side of theconveyor. In the same vertical plane of the projecting'newspap'ercorners 4 are provided two spools shown'at I andB disposed respectivelyabove and below the horizontal plane of the conveyor." These spools eachcarries a narrow web of paper or other suitable material, indicated 'at'9 and 10 respectively. At H and ll'"'and 'I Zan'd 12" respectively areindicated in opposed relationship springjcontr'olled rolls, be-

tween which pass the projectingporners 4 of the newspapersand betweenwhich are guided the two narrow webs of paper 9 and In, one above andthe other below the newspaper corners to be pressed thereag'ai'nst bythe said spring-controlled rolls At l3 and H, H" and I2, l2. M areindicated 'moistening means,

comprising a set of rolls"l3 I3 It and I4 I4 l4 respectively whereby asufiicient amount of moisture is applied to the gummed sides'of thenarrow webs 9 and 10. When these webs of paper are not gummed, there maybe substituted for the moister'iing means a similar means wherebya'liquid adhesive is applied'to the one side of the paper webs and i0.

InFig. 4 are shown two additional sets of rolls, provided along theconveyor 6 carrying the newspapers tobe sealed. At l5'and [6 insaid'figur'e are shown two superposed narrow rolls, "which along aportion of their circumference are provided with teeth, as shown at l5and I6, which teeth, rolls cooperate to produce narrow paper web's wherethe corners 4 uponthe rotation of said indentations in the these projectbeyond of the newspaper." Further on along the conveyor 6, thereare'provided' in super posed relation two rolls shown at IT and I8,

one of which rolls is provided in its cireumference with spaced apartcutters 'asindicated at n my m provided along "I 1 While the other roll(I8) is its circumference with correspondingly spaced apart recesses I8,I8 I8 18 to receive the said cutters.

" In 5 of the drawing is shown a portion of a newspaper with its eornersclosed by a seal 2| produced in accordance with my invention by themethod and means herein described. v

The meth d,as will appear from the drawing,

is carried into The newsp pers, as'theyco'me in g means or a" rotarypress,

effect as followsi from the fold- Q are engaged by the slantinglydisposed :for'ks 2 of the delivery roll so as to be positioned asshownin "Fig. 1 of the drawing-with one cornerprojecting. Being thus one byone delivered to the conveyor 6, the newspapers also project with onecorner beyond the edge of the conveyor. The narrow webs of paper 9, Hicarried by the spools 1 and 8 are continuously drawn from these spoolsby means not shown so as to travel along the edge of the moving conveyor6, over which the corners of the newspapers project in alinement withthese cor ners and in engagement therewith, both from above and frombelow the same. As the projecting corners of the newspapers togetherwith the two webs of paper pass between the springcontrolled rolls it, Hand I2, i2, the webs 9 and I0 having previously been moistened ifgummed,

or supplied with an adhesive by the devices shown in Fig. 2 at 13 and14, are pressed by the said rolls into firm contact with the projectingcorners of the newspapers, which corners, as shown in the drawing, aresufficiently spaced apart to permit portions of the webs on either sideof the corner of the newspaper to be glued together. At these places thewebs are subsequently out, which may be done either by hand or, bymechanically operated cutters,

such as shown for instance in Fig. 4.

. ranged, that they will engage the webs at the places intermediate theprojecting corners to be sealed, producing indentations in saidwebscausing them to more firmly adhere to, each other than when merelypressed against each other by the spring-controlled rolls H, H and i2, I2

shown in Fig. 2. a

After the projecting corners and the sealing webs of paper have passedeither between the spring-controlled rolls H, H and l2, l2 or betweenthe toothed rolls l5, l8, they are fed between cutting means, as forinstance a cutter carrying roll i7 and a recessed roll l8 shown in Fig.4. The speed of travel of the conveyor is so timed relative to the speedof rotation of the two rolls l1 and I8, that the four cutters of roll llshown at Il ll 11 and l'l in Fig. 4 and the corresponding recesses l8 l8I8 and 58 in roll is will cooperate with each other when theglued-together webs intermediate the corners to be sealed reach theposition shown at the right in Fig. 4. At 2| in Fig. 5 is shown afinished seal.

The webs of paper, or other suitable material, used for producing theseals may carry printed matter on the outside, which may be used foradvertising purposes. As the portions of the webs will adhere to thenewspaper or other printed matter, even after the portions of the sealhave been separated to afford full access to the reading matter, theadvertising matter will remain intact.

An obvious advantage of my new method is that the newspapers or otherprinted-matter can be sealed while being delivered from the printingpress without any interruption in the operation of the press, as thenarrow webs of paper,

or *othermaterial used "for producing the seals can be fed along theconveyor 6 with the same speed with which the latter travels. The spoolsl and 8 are made of a size to carry webs of sufiicient length for even avery large edition, and, moreover, the spools can he made :to be quicklyexchanged or replaced.

I claim:

1. A method of affixing advertising seals to newspapers and otherprinted matter comprising continually feeding the individual copies ofthe printed matter in succession with one of their corners projectingbeyond the line of feed,

feeding in close alinement with said projecting corners above and belowthe same a web of paper, or the like, printed on one side, fasteningsaid webs to said projecting corners from either side thereof and toeach other, and severing the webs of paper intermediate the projectingcorl'leIS- 2. A method of afiixing advertising seals to newspapers andother printed matter, comprising continually feeding the individualcopies of the printed, matter in succession with one of their cornersprojecting beyond the line of feed, feeding in close alinement with saidprojecting corners, above and below the same, a web of paper, or thelike, gummed on one of its sides and printed on its other side,moistening the gummed sides of said webs, pressing the gummed sidesagainst the projecting corners from either side thereof and against eachother, and severing the webs of paper intermediate the projectingcorners.

3. A method of affixing advertising seals to newspapers and otherprinted matter, comprising continually feeding the individualcopies ofthe printed matter in succession with one of their corners projectingbeyond the line of feed,

feeding in close alinement with said projecting corners, above and belowthe same, a web of paper, or the like, printed on one side, applying anadhesive to the other sides of said web, pressing these sides of thewebs against the projecting corners from either side thereof and againsteach other, and severing the webs of paper intermediate the projectingcorners.

4. A method of afiixing advertising seals to newspapers and otherprinted matter, comprising continually feeding the individual copies ofthe printed matter in succession with one of their corners projectingbeyond the line of feed, feeding in close alinement with said projectingco ners, above and below the same, a web of paper, or the like, printedon one side, and treated with an adhesive on the other side, securingsaid webs with their treated sides to theprojecting corners from eitherside thereof, and to each other indenting the portions of the websintermediate the corners and severing the webs across their indentedportions.

5. In combination with means for positioning printed matter with'one ofits corners projecting to one side, a conveyor for continuously feedingthe printed matter along in succession with the projecting cornerextending beyond the line of feed, means for feeding to the projectingcorners in close alinement therewith, both from above and below, aprinted web of paper, or the like,

means for applying to the unprinted sides of said webs of paper anadhesive, means for yieldingly pressing said webs to the projectingcorners, from either side thereof, and against each other, and means forsevering said webs intermediate the projecting corners.

6. In combination with means for positioning printed matter with one ofits corners projecting to one side, a conveyor for continuously feedingthe printed matter along in succession with the projecting cornerextending beyond the line of feed, means for feeding to the projectingcorners in close alinement therewith, both from above and below a web ofpaper, or the like, gummed on one side and printed on the opposite side,means for applying moisture to the gummed side of said webs, means foryieldingly pressing the moistened gummed sides of the webs against theprojecting corners, from either side thereof, and

against each other, and means for severing the webs intermediate theprojecting corners.

7. In combination with means for positioning printed matter with one ofits corners projecting to one side, a conveyor for continuously feedingthe printed matter along in succession with the projecting cornerextending beyond the line of feed, means for feeding to the projectingcorners in close alinement therewith, both from above and below, a webof paper, or the like, treated on one of its sides with an adhesive andprinted on its other side, means for yieldingly pressing the treatedside of the webs against the projecting corners, from either sidethereof, and against each other, means for indenting the pressedtogether portions of the webs, and means for severing the webs alongsaid portions intermediate the projecting corners.

WILHELM SCHC'JLER.

